The charges were filed as federal officials warn of increased threats against law enforcement as a result of the search.
Adam Bies, who allegedly went by the online aliases Adam Kenneth Campbell and « @BlackFocus, » is accused of using the online chat forum Gab – which is frequented by members of far-right extremist groups – to post numerous threatening and derogatory statements against law enforcement. According to investigators, many of the threats were made in the days following the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago.
« Every single piece of s*** who works for the FBI in any capacity, from the director down to the janitor who cleans their f****** toilets deserves to die. You’ve declared war on us and now it’s open season on YOU, » Bies allegedly wrote on Aug. 10, two days after the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, according to Monday’s court filing.
On Aug. 11, Bies allegedly posted to his « Blank Focus » Gab account, « I sincerely believe that if you work for the FBI, then you deserve to DIE, » adjacent to a news article that reported on FBI Director Christopher Wray’s denunciation of threats against FBI agents.
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